@inproceedings{6126a33f3592478aa4d17c2d8bfc7980,
title = "The level of mental load during a functional task is reflected in oculometrics",
abstract = "Modern occupations have increasingly become mentally demanding. This underlines the needs for investigation of the interaction of mental and physical workload. This study assessed the effects of mental load on ocular metrics and their consistency across days. Eighteen participants performed a five minute simulated computer work with three different levels of mental load in two days at least seven days apart. Eye movements in response to the task mental load level were recorded. Along with eye movements, task performance, and national aeronautics and space administration task load index (NASA-TLX) scores were acquired. Peak saccade velocity decreased, and pupil dilation range increased with the task load level and the response remained consistent across experimental days. Increased NASA-TLX score and reduced performance were in association with mental load demand. The study shows the feasibility of quantifying the mental load demands by monitoring oculometrics during a functional task such as computer work.",
keywords = "Computer work, Eye movements, Mental load, Neuroergonomics, Oculometrics",
author = "Marandi, {Ramtin Zargari} and Afshin Samani and Pascal Madeleine",
year = "2017",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/978-981-10-5122-7_15",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-981-10-5121-0",
series = "IFMBE Proceedings",
publisher = "Springer",
number = "65",
pages = "57--60",
editor = "Hannu Eskola and Outi V{\"a}is{\"a}nen and Jari Viik and Jari Hyttinen",
booktitle = "EMBEC and NBC 2017 - Joint Conference of the European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference EMBEC 2017 and the Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, NBC 2017",
address = "Germany",
note = "Joint Conference of the European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, EMBEC, and the Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, NBC, 11-15 June 2017, Tampere, Finland ; Conference date: 11-06-2017 Through 15-06-2017",
}